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A state university professor is denouncing an award-winning initiative named The 1619 Project, calling the project and its creator misleading, bigoted, and more. But the professor’s critique, and how he distributed it, has raised questions.

A state university professor is denouncing an award-winning initiative named The 1619 Project, calling the project and its creator misleading, bigoted, and more. But the professor’s critique, and how he distributed it, has raised questions. And now some of his colleagues are speaking out on the professor’s actions.

A state university professor is denouncing an award-winning initiative named The 1619 Project, calling the project and its creator misleading, bigoted, and more. But the professor’s critique, and how he distributed it, has raised questions.

A state university professor is denouncing an award-winning initiative named The 1619 Project, calling the project and its creator misleading, bigoted, and more. But the professor’s critique, and how he distributed it, has raised questions.

A Connecticut fire district has terminated the employee who got it a Paycheck Protection Program loan that raised questions last year.

While there has been so much focus on the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year or so, 2020 quietly became a record-breaking year for accidental drug intoxication deaths in Connecticut. Medical experts – as well as those who have been touched by tragedy – believe the problem is continuing to worsen in 2021.

As some students struggle after more than a year of closures, remote learning and other disruptions during the pandemic, school districts are looking at ways to help those students get back on track.

An out-of-work electrician with a 2-month-old child has become the latest tri-state area arrest in connection to the deadly U.S. Capitol siege that took place Jan. 6, according to federal prosecutors.

The union representing DMV workers says it has concerns over a recent spike in COVID-19 cases at the Wethersfield branch.

Buildings in Connecticut are being raised in the air this season to help repair crumbling concrete foundations underneath them.

Home buying demand remains strong after 2020 but buyers and agents are finding that the inventory of homes available is way down.

Detectives have recaptured a man charged with murder who was mistakenly released from jail earlier this month.

A Bloomfield fire department has voted to return a $120,459 paycheck protection program loan it received.

Leaders of the Blue Hills Fire District Commission in Bloomfield have voted to return a $120,000 PPP loan from the federal government after some questioned the need to apply for it in the first place.

A large chunk of Connecticut homeowners just received hundreds of dollars’ worth of credits on their water bills to settle a major class-action suit. NBC Connecticut Investigates started digging into their story more than seven years ago.  That’s when the Metropolitan District Commission, or MDC, the main water supplier in greater Hartford, was accused of overcharging roughly 9,000 customers....

Some Connecticut front line health care employees say they continue to be on the receiving end of violence while at work. The problem has not gone away amid the pandemic, some in the medical field said. NBC Connecticut Investigates started looking into this issue almost two years ago. “We have not seen as much as we did going into the…

Medical professionals tell NBC Connecticut Investigates they are subjected to violence while at work.

How much is too much, when it comes to the number of fire departments in Connecticut? A state legislator has proposed studying that, and how to eliminate current roadblocks to combining departments. Right now our state has more than 300 fire departments serving 169 towns and cities. Over the years NBC Connecticut Investigates has documented how this has become an…

Connecticut businesses have received more than $7 billion since the Paycheck Protection Program launched in 2020.

The state’s attorney general and Department of Consumer Protection Warn that using online payment apps does come with risk.